Dad's Dead

Dad's Dead

5.9/ 10

TMDB Rating

17

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2002

Release Year

7 min

Runtime

Drama

Animation

Overview

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

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Chris Shepherd's Dead Series

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Keywords

friendship

innocence

cruelty

childhood

short film

Cast

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Narrator (voice)

Chris Freeney

Johnno

Dallas Messias

Johnno's Mum

John Murphy

Johnno's Dad

Charlotte McDougall

Lady in Children's Book

Joe Robson Rutherford

Boy in Children's Book

Dave Kent

Old Man

Kay D'Arcy

Kay D'Arcy

Narrator's Mother

Thomas Sturges-Allard

Hand Artist

Julie Maisey

Newsreader

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 5, 2026

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6/10

Regaling us with memories of his Liverpudlian childhood, this tells us of a man who's relationship with his best friend ''Jonno'' ended up having quite a bearing on his own life. These two lads were joined at the hip and were always larking around together, but as they grew older "Jonno" moved on fr…

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